Category: health care
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Health Reform: The Right Thing To do
While current health reform legislation needs tweaking and will be subject to change, I firmly support it. It’s the right thing to do.
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Will attack ads backfire in Coakley/Brown Senate Race?
Coakley’s ham-handed attack ads give Brown a perfect opportunity to appear reasonable, dignified and unflappable–Senatorial, if you will. I can only hope that Massachusetts citizens will be able to look beyond the ads to Coakley’s strong record of accomplishments and belief in a government of civil and human rights,
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Boston/Cambridge/Quincy rank 8th most stressful cities to live in
I was interested to see that Boston/Cambridge/Quincy Metro area ranked eighth in a Forbes.com study of the most stressful US cities to live in. Topping the list were Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Cleveland, Providence, RI, San Francisco, and Detroit; Washington DC was ninth, followed by San Jose, Seattle, Riverside CA, and Philadelphia and, surprisingly,…
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Scientia Advisors:neurostimulation technology could supplant drugs for certain conditions
A Scientia Advisors study suggests that neurostimulation technologies have fewer side effects and could help cut health care costs by doing away with the need for lifelong drug regimens.
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Mass. Life Sciences Center sees 8-fold return in year 1
The MLSC, charged with distributing some $1B over a ten year period, invested $48.5 M in public dollars this year–its first full year of operation. The funds, in turn, have attracted nearly $359M in matching investments from companies, foundations, government, institutes and other private investors–an eight-fold return.